Copy of sent mail goes to "Unread Mail" folder

[Kingstonsean]

I have set up several POP3 email accounts in Outlook and I successfully set
up Inbox Sub-Folders and rules for incoming mail for each POP3 account.
These rules place newly received messages in their assigned sub-folder, and
the messages show as "Unread". I then set up Sent Sub-Folders for each
account so that I could retrieve messages that I sent at a glance by using
the various accounts (quicker than "Search"). Now when I send new messages,
they drop into the appropriate Sent Sub-Folder, but they show as being
Unread. When I navigate to my Unread folder I now have to weed through all
sorts of sent mail.
Is there any way to prevent my sent mail from appearing as unread mail and
still have it sorted into to sub folders? I do not want to set up separate
profiles.
I'm using Office 2003 SP2 and Windows XP Pro SP2.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Define your own Search Folder which excludes the Sent Items folder;
File-> New-> Search Folder-> Custom

 

[Kingstonsean]

Why would I exclude the Sent Items folder? I'm trying to sort sent items.

Define your own Search Folder which excludes the Sent Items folder;
File-> New-> Search Folder-> Custom

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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I have set up several POP3 email accounts in Outlook and I successfully set
up Inbox Sub-Folders and rules for incoming mail for each POP3 account.
These rules place newly received messages in their assigned sub-folder,
and
the messages show as "Unread". I then set up Sent Sub-Folders for each
account so that I could retrieve messages that I sent at a glance by using
the various accounts (quicker than "Search"). Now when I send new
messages,
they drop into the appropriate Sent Sub-Folder, but they show as being
Unread. When I navigate to my Unread folder I now have to weed through
all
sorts of sent mail.
Is there any way to prevent my sent mail from appearing as unread mail and
still have it sorted into to sub folders? I do not want to set up
separate
profiles.
I'm using Office 2003 SP2 and Windows XP Pro SP2.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

"When I navigate to my Unread folder I now have to weed through all sorts of
sent mail."
To filter that out.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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Why would I exclude the Sent Items folder? I'm trying to sort sent items.

Define your own Search Folder which excludes the Sent Items folder;
File-> New-> Search Folder-> Custom

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

I have set up several POP3 email accounts in Outlook and I successfully
set
up Inbox Sub-Folders and rules for incoming mail for each POP3 account.
These rules place newly received messages in their assigned
sub-folder,
and
the messages show as "Unread". I then set up Sent Sub-Folders for each
account so that I could retrieve messages that I sent at a glance by
using
the various accounts (quicker than "Search"). Now when I send new
messages,
they drop into the appropriate Sent Sub-Folder, but they show as being
Unread. When I navigate to my Unread folder I now have to weed through
all
sorts of sent mail.
Is there any way to prevent my sent mail from appearing as unread mail
and
still have it sorted into to sub folders? I do not want to set up
separate
profiles.
I'm using Office 2003 SP2 and Windows XP Pro SP2.

 

[Kingstonsean]

It seems that you are suggesting that I leave the rules alone and create a
new Unread folder. Why not just alter the behaviour of my current Unread
folder to exclude sent items?

Also, it's not just that the Sent mail appears in my Unread folder, it also
is highlighted (bold) in the Sent sub-folders as being unread.

"When I navigate to my Unread folder I now have to weed through all sorts of
sent mail."
To filter that out.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Why would I exclude the Sent Items folder? I'm trying to sort sent items.

Define your own Search Folder which excludes the Sent Items folder;
File-> New-> Search Folder-> Custom

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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I have set up several POP3 email accounts in Outlook and I successfully
set
up Inbox Sub-Folders and rules for incoming mail for each POP3 account.
These rules place newly received messages in their assigned
sub-folder,
and
the messages show as "Unread". I then set up Sent Sub-Folders for each
account so that I could retrieve messages that I sent at a glance by
using
the various accounts (quicker than "Search"). Now when I send new
messages,
they drop into the appropriate Sent Sub-Folder, but they show as being
Unread. When I navigate to my Unread folder I now have to weed through
all
sorts of sent mail.
Is there any way to prevent my sent mail from appearing as unread mail
and
still have it sorted into to sub folders? I do not want to set up
separate
profiles.
I'm using Office 2003 SP2 and Windows XP Pro SP2.

 

[Kingstonsean]

Okay, I've decided to start over.

Current state:
- I copied all my email from the sent sub-folders back to the parent folder,
deleted the sent sub-folders, and deleted the sent sub-folders rules.
- The only Search Folders that remain are "Unread Mail", "Large Mail" and
"For Follow Up"
- At the moment all sent mail appears in one "Sent Items" folder.

Objective:
I want to be able to find, at a glance or at least with the minimum number
of clicks, emails sent using POP 3 Account 1 or POP3 Account 2 or POP3
Account 3. I know that I can sort sent mail by account, and I can even add a
column that will show the sending address (instead of just "To", "Subject",
"Sent", and "Size", but I just think that folders are much neater and quicker.

It seems that you are suggesting that I leave the rules alone and create a
new Unread folder. Why not just alter the behaviour of my current Unread
folder to exclude sent items?

Also, it's not just that the Sent mail appears in my Unread folder, it also
is highlighted (bold) in the Sent sub-folders as being unread.

"When I navigate to my Unread folder I now have to weed through all sorts of
sent mail."
To filter that out.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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Why would I exclude the Sent Items folder? I'm trying to sort sent items.

:

Define your own Search Folder which excludes the Sent Items folder;
File-> New-> Search Folder-> Custom

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I have set up several POP3 email accounts in Outlook and I successfully
set
up Inbox Sub-Folders and rules for incoming mail for each POP3 account.
These rules place newly received messages in their assigned
sub-folder,
and
the messages show as "Unread". I then set up Sent Sub-Folders for each
account so that I could retrieve messages that I sent at a glance by
using
the various accounts (quicker than "Search"). Now when I send new
messages,
they drop into the appropriate Sent Sub-Folder, but they show as being
Unread. When I navigate to my Unread folder I now have to weed through
all
sorts of sent mail.
Is there any way to prevent my sent mail from appearing as unread mail
and
still have it sorted into to sub folders? I do not want to set up
separate
profiles.
I'm using Office 2003 SP2 and Windows XP Pro SP2.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You can create separate views for this to filter out a specific account. It
will speed up your searches as well if you don't know which account you used
before.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Okay, I've decided to start over.

Current state:
- I copied all my email from the sent sub-folders back to the parent
folder,
deleted the sent sub-folders, and deleted the sent sub-folders rules.
- The only Search Folders that remain are "Unread Mail", "Large Mail" and
"For Follow Up"
- At the moment all sent mail appears in one "Sent Items" folder.

Objective:
I want to be able to find, at a glance or at least with the minimum number
of clicks, emails sent using POP 3 Account 1 or POP3 Account 2 or POP3
Account 3. I know that I can sort sent mail by account, and I can even
add a
column that will show the sending address (instead of just "To",
"Subject",
"Sent", and "Size", but I just think that folders are much neater and
quicker.

It seems that you are suggesting that I leave the rules alone and create
a
new Unread folder. Why not just alter the behaviour of my current Unread
folder to exclude sent items?

Also, it's not just that the Sent mail appears in my Unread folder, it
also
is highlighted (bold) in the Sent sub-folders as being unread.

"When I navigate to my Unread folder I now have to weed through all
sorts of
sent mail."
To filter that out.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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message
Why would I exclude the Sent Items folder? I'm trying to sort sent
items.

:

Define your own Search Folder which excludes the Sent Items folder;
File-> New-> Search Folder-> Custom

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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message
I have set up several POP3 email accounts in Outlook and I
successfully
set
up Inbox Sub-Folders and rules for incoming mail for each POP3
account.
These rules place newly received messages in their assigned
sub-folder,
and
the messages show as "Unread". I then set up Sent Sub-Folders for
each
account so that I could retrieve messages that I sent at a glance
by
using
the various accounts (quicker than "Search"). Now when I send new
messages,
they drop into the appropriate Sent Sub-Folder, but they show as
being
Unread. When I navigate to my Unread folder I now have to weed
through
all
sorts of sent mail.
Is there any way to prevent my sent mail from appearing as unread
mail
and
still have it sorted into to sub folders? I do not want to set up
separate
profiles.
I'm using Office 2003 SP2 and Windows XP Pro SP2.